Handbag carrier



Oct. 14,1947. S'CANNELLA- 2,428,906

HANDBAG CARRIER iled April 9, 1946 INVENTOR.

) TTORNEY Patented Oct. 14, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HANDBAGCARRIER Settimo Cannella, New York, N. Y.

Application April 9, 1946, Serial No. 660,692

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hand ba carriers, theprincipal object of the invention being to provide means whereby a womanmay carry as a unit; a plurality of pocket books or handbags and othersmall articles without the necessity of grasping the individual bags.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as thedescription proceeds.

In the drawing accompanying this specification,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a carrier constructed in accordance withthis invention and showing two handbags carried thereby; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional end view of the carrier without the handbags.

Referring to the drawing, the carrier comprises a box-like structure 3of a length corresponding to that of the handbags 4 which it is intendedto carry, said carrier being provided with a handle 5 pivotallyconnected to its opposite end walls. The upper portion of the wall ofthe carrier is in the form of a plurality of curved panels 6, '1 and 8,the juncture between each pair of adjacent panels forming a rib 9extending the full length of the carrier. Each of said ribs is providedwith a longitudinally extending slot I merging in a dovetail recess llformed in the wall of the carrier.

Each of the handbags 4 designed to be carried by the carrier abovedescribed is provided at its bottom with a web l2 forming a beadextending along the longitudinal center line of the bag. The said webmay consist of two or more thicknesses of the same material of which thebag is made, said web being adapted to be threaded lengthwise into oneof the slots Ill in the carrier. To prevent the bag from being liftedout of its carrier slot, an enlarged cord, wire or small wooden rod maybe enclosed within the web either before or after the web is threadedinto the slot, so that the said cord, Wire or rod fills out the dovetailspace below the slot as shown in Fig. 1 and thus prevents removal of thebag except in the longitudinal direction.

The interior of the carrier may be used as a storage space for smallarticles, such as gloves, compacts and other toiletries, for whichpurpose one end wall of the carrier is provided with a. door I3 hingedat M and having a spring latch l for maintainin it normally closed.

The carrier herein described may be made of wood, metal, plastic or anysuitable light weight material, and while I have shown provision forcarrying only two handbags it will readily be 2 understood thatprovision may be made thereon for carrying three or more bags if itshould be found desirable to do so.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A handbag carrier comprising a member provided with a carryinghandle, means for detachably securing a plurality of handbags to saidmember in slidable relation thereto, and means for preventing detachmentof the handbags in a direction laterally of the carrier.

2. A handbag carrier comprising a member provided with a carryinghandle, means for detachably securing a plurality of handbags to saidmember in slidable relation thereto, and means for preventing detachmentof the handbags in a direction laterally of the carrier, said memberbeing hollow thereby to provide carrying space for articles other thanhandbags.

3. The combination of a carrier having a plurality of longitudinallyextending ribs on its periphery, each of said ribs being provided with alongitudinal slot merging into a space within the rib of greater widththan the slot, a plurality of handbags each having a longitudinallyextending web engageable in one of said slots, and means within said weband engageable with said wider space thereby to prevent removal of thehandbag in a direction laterally of the carrier.

4. The combination of a carrier having a plurality of longitudinallyextending ribs on its periphery, each of said ribs being provided with alongitudinal slot merging into a space within the rib of greater widththan the slot, a plurality of handbags each having a longitudinallyextending web engageable in one of said slots, and a longitudinalextending member within said web and engageable with said wider spacethereby to prevent removal of the handbag in a direction laterally ofthe carrier.

SETTIMO CANNELLA.

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